Gita shloka 3.5, ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BECOME KRSNA CONSCIOUS, 11th June

Gita shloka 3.5

TRANSLATION

ALL MEN ARE FORCED TO ACT HELPLESSLY ACCORDING TO THE IMPULSES BORN OF THE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE; THEREFORE NO ONE CAN REFRAIN FROM DOING SOMETHING, NOT EVEN FOR A MOMENT.

PURPORT

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF EMBODIED LIFE, BUT IT IS THE NATURE OF THE SOUL TO BE ALWAYS ACTIVE.

WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT SOUL, THE MATERIAL BODY CANNOT MOVE.

THE BODY IS ONLY A DEAD VEHICLE TO BE WORKED BY THE SPIRIT SOUL, WHICH IS ALWAYS ACTIVE AND CANNOT STOP EVEN FOR A MOMENT.

AS SUCH, THE SPIRIT SOUL HAS TO BE ENGAGED IN THE GOOD WORK OF KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE ENGAGED IN OCCUPATIONS DICTATED BY ILLUSORY ENERGY.

IN CONTACT WITH MATERIAL ENERGY, THE SPIRIT SOUL ACQUIRES MATERIAL MODES, AND TO PURIFY THE SOUL FROM SUCH AFFINITIES IT IS NECESSARY TO ENGAGE IN THE PRESCRIBED DUTIES ENJOINED IN THE SASTRAS.

BUT IF THE SOUL IS ENGAGED IN HIS NATURAL FUNCTION OF KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, WHATEVER HE IS ABLE TO DO IS GOOD FOR HIM.

The Srimad-Bhagavatam affirms this:

tyaktva sva-dharmam caranambujam harer
bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva vabhadram abhud amusya kim
ko vartha apto 'bhajatam sva-dharmatah.

"IF SOMEONE TAKES TO KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT FOLLOW THE PRESCRIBED DUTIES IN THE SASTRAS NOR EXECUTE THE DEVOTIONAL SERVICE PROPERLY, AND EVEN THOUGH HE MAY FALL DOWN FROM THE STANDARD, THERE IS NO LOSS OR EVIL FOR HIM.

BUT IF HE CARRIES OUT ALL THE INJUNCTIONS FOR PURIFICATION IN THE SASTRAS, WHAT DOES IT AVAIL HIM IF HE IS NOT KRSNA CONSCIOUS?" (Bhag.1.5.17)

So the purificatory process is necessary for reaching this point of Krsna consciousness.

THEREFORE, SANNYASA, OR ANY PURIFICATORY PROCESS, IS TO HELP REACH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF BECOMING KRSNA CONSCIOUS, WITHOUT WHICH EVERYTHING IS CONSIDERED A FAILURE.

 

HOW CAN WE COUNT HIS BLESSINGS ? #Blog0035

How can we count His blessings ?

"तोड़ दे मौलवी अपनी तसवी (माला), क्यों गिन के नाम लूँ उसका, जो बेहिसाब देता है"

O PRIEST, WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE HIS NAME ON COUNT OF BEADS – HOW CAN YOUR COUNT MATCH HIS COUNTLESS BLESSINGS

पाईंया तेरे दर तो मैं, रहमतां हज़ारां

I've found countless blessings from You

शुक्र गुज़ारा तेरा, शुक्र गुज़ारा
I'm extremely grateful

दुख देवें सुख देवें, झोली विच पा लँवा

दुखां नूं वी दातया मैं सुखां नाल ला लँवा
जेड़ा वेला आंवे ओइयो हँस के गुज़ारा

Whether You give me happiness  or sorrow, I love that (झोली विच पा लँवा)
and I feel elated (हँस के गुज़ारा) all the time (जेड़ा वेला) because Time is under Your control

कोडियां दा मुल नहीं सी, हीरयाँ दा पै गया
I was not worth a dime (कोडियां), but was valued as diamond (हीरयाँ)

जदो दा मैं दाता तेरे, चरणा च बै गया
since the time (जदो दा) I took (बै) Your (दाता तेरे) shelter

क्यों ना दाता तेरे ते मैं, तन मन वाराँ
why should I not surrender (तन मन वाराँ) my everything on You

शुक्र गुज़ारा तेरा, शुक्र गुज़ारा

दर दर रूलया सी, किसे ना संभालाया
I was being tossed about (दर दर रूलया) in life, nobody protected (संभालाया) me

मेहर कीती सत गुराँ ने, चरनाँ च ला लया
thanks to Your grace (मेहर), You took me at Your feet (चरनाँ)

चंगे वेले सुन लइयां, साडिया पुकाराँ
You heard my (साडिया) cries (पुकाराँ) for help very timely (चंगे वेले)

शुक्र गुज़ारा, तेरा शुक्र गुज़ारा

रहमताँ नूं वेख अख्खाँ, हंस पइयाँ रोंदियां
appreciating Your grace, my crying eyes (रोंदियां) started laughing (हंस)

साडे कोलो दाता तेरी सिफ़ता नहीं होंदियां
I (साडे) am not able (नहीं होंदियां) to sing Your praises (सिफ़ता) in words

क्यों ना दाता तेरे ते मैं, तन मन वाराँ
शुक्र गुज़ारा तेरा शुक्र गुज़ारा

सुख पाया, सुख पाया, रहम तेरी सुख पाया
I found bliss, I found bliss with Your grace

 
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Being grateful is the greatest feeling & is the most precious to Lord - He only wants us all to be grateful for everything He has provided to us - our soul, i.e., our very life breath, air, water, earth, sky, Sun & fire (for cooking & digesting in stomach), vegetables, assistance of others (He only is sitting inside each heart & guiding each being, from Lord Brahma to an ant) in helping us sustain & grow ourselves & even our basic existence of being alive & all our individual skills (on the basis of which we earn through work/jobs & consequent money & wealth) are His grace on us- since countless TIME.

FOR ALL THE FREE GIFTS PROVIDED BY HIM, ALL THAT GOD WANTS FROM US IS TO BE GRATEFUL TO HIM, EACH MOMENT, i.e., WITH EACH BREATH as without His grace & mercy (कृपा), next breath is not possible.

"शुक्र गुजारा तेरा शुक्र गुजारा"
O Lord, we are indeed thankful to You for everything.

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Bhagvat: MATERIAL PLANS FOR MATERIAL HAPPINESS HAVE NO VALUE WHILE SUFFERING THE THREEFOLD MISERIES, 10th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
MATERIALISTIC ACTIVITIES ARE ALWAYS MIXED WITH THREE KINDS OF MISERABLE CONDITIONS—ADHYATMIKA, ADHIDAIVIKA AND ADHIBAUTIKA. THEREFORE, EVEN IF ONE ACHIEVES SOME SUCCESS BY PERFORMING SUCH ACTIVITIES, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF THIS SUCCESS? ONE IS STILL SUBJECTED TO BIRTH, DEATH, OLD AGE, DISEASE AND THE REACTIONS OF HIS FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES.

PURPORT
ACCORDING TO THE MATERIALISTIC WAY OF LIFE, IF A POOR MAN, AFTER LABORING VERY, VERY HARD, GETS SOME MATERIAL PROFIT AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, HE IS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS, EVEN THOUGH HE AGAIN DIES WHILE SUFFERING THE THREEFOLD MISERIES—ADHYATMIKA, ADHIDAIVIKA AND ADHIBHAUTIKA.

NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE THREEFOLD MISERIES OF MATERIALISTIC LIFE, NAMELY MISERIES PERTAINING TO THE BODY AND MIND, MISERIES PERTAINING TO THE DIFFICULTIES IMPOSED BY SOCIETY, COMMUNITY, NATION AND OTHER LIVING ENTITIES, AND MISERIES INFLICTED UPON US BY NATURAL DISTURBANCES FROM EARTHQUAKES, FAMINES, DROUGHTS, FLOODS, EPIDEMICS, AND SO ON.

IF ONE WORKS VERY HARD, SUFFERING THE THREEFOLD MISERIES, AND THEN IS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME SMALL BENEFIT, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THIS BENEFIT? BESIDES THAT, EVEN IF A KARMI IS SUCCESSFUL IN ACCUMULATING SOME MATERIAL WEALTH, HE STILL CANNOT ENJOY IT, FOR HE MUST DIE IN BEREAVEMENT.

I HAVE EVEN SEEN A DYING MAN BEGGING A MEDICAL ATTENDANT TO INCREASE HIS LIFE BY FOUR YEARS SO THAT HE COULD COMPLETE HIS MATERIAL PLANS.

OF COURSE, THE MEDICAL MAN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN EXPANDING THE LIFE OF THE MAN, WHO THEREFORE DIED IN GREAT BEREAVEMENT.

EVERYONE MUST DIE IN THIS WAY, AND AFTER ONE'S MENTAL CONDITION IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE, HE IS GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO FULFILL HIS DESIRES IN A DIFFERENT BODY.

MATERIAL PLANS FOR MATERIAL HAPPINESS HAVE NO VALUE, BUT UNDER THE SPELL OF THE ILLUSORY ENERGY WE CONSIDER THEM EXTREMELY VALUABLE.

THERE WERE MANY POLITICIANS, SOCIAL REFORMERS AND PHILOSOPHERS WHO DIED VERY MISERABLY, WITHOUT DERIVING ANY PRACTICAL VALUE FROM THEIR MATERIAL PLANS.

THEREFORE, A SANE AND SENSIBLE MAN NEVER DESIRES TO WORK HARD UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THREEFOLD MISERIES, ONLY TO DIE IN DISAPPOINTMENT.